SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
removing from the Code of Federal Regulations or revising provisions in
its standards that are out of date, duplicative, unnecessary, or
inconsistent. The Agency is making these regulatory changes to reduce
the burden imposed on the regulated community by these provisions and
to respond to a March 4, 1995 memorandum from the President. In this
document, substantive changes are made to both health and safety
standards that will revise or eliminate duplicative, inconsistent, or
unnecessary regulatory requirements without diminishing employee
protections. Changes being made to health standards include reducing
the frequency of required chest x-rays and eliminating sputum-cytology
examinations for workers covered by the coke oven and inorganic arsenic
standards, and changing the emergency-response provisions of the vinyl
chloride standard. Changes being made to OSHA safety standards include
eliminating the public safety provisions of the temporary labor camp
standard, eliminating unnecessary cross-references in the textile
industry standards, and others. OSHA estimates that these changes will
result in annualized savings for employers of over $9,600,000 and in
reducing paperwork burden of 6600 hours annually.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule becomes effective August 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send petitions for review of this final rule to the
Associate Solicitor for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of the
Solicitor, Room S-4004, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210.

For an electronic copy of this Federal Register notice, contact the Labor News Bulletin Board at (202) 219-4748; or OSHA's Web Site on the
Internet at http://www.osha.gov. For news releases, fact sheets, and other short documents, contact OSHA FAX at (900) 555-3400 at $1.50 per
minute.

Amendments to Part 1910 that received no comments or positive
comments only

Explosives and blasting agents (§ 1910.109)

Storing and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
(§ 1910.110)

Storing and handling of anhydrous ammonia (§ 1910.111)

Sanitation (§ 1910.141)

Temporary labor camps (§ 1910.142)

Safety color code for marking physical hazards
(§ 1910.144)

Fire brigades (§ 1910.156)

Helicopters (§ 1910.183)

Pulp, paper, paperboard mills (§ 1910.261)

Textiles (§ 1910.262)

Sawmills (§ 1910.265)

Agricultural operations (§ 1910.267)

Vinyl chloride (§ 1910.1017)

Inorganic arsenic (§ 1910.1018) and Coke oven emissions
(§ 1910.1029)

Amendments to Part 1910 that received varied comments

Explosives and blasting agents (§ 1910.109)

Medical services and first aid (§ 1910.151)

Telecommunications (§ 1910.268)

Amendments to Part 1926 that received no comments or positive
comments only

Incorporation by reference (§ 1926.31)

Flammable and combustible liquids (§ 1926.152)

Initiation of explosive charges -- Electric blasting
(§ 1926.906)

Amendments to Part 1926 that received varied comments

Medical services and first aid (§ 1926.50)

Summary of the Final Economic Analysis

Regulatory Flexibility Certification

Environmental Assessment

International Trade

Paperwork Reduction Act

Federalism

State Plan Standards

Authority and Signature

References to the rulemaking record are provided in the text of the
preamble. References are identified as "Ex." followed by a number to
designate the reference in this rulemaking docket, S-778. For example,
"Ex. 3" means exhibit three in Docket S-778. Exhibit 3 is a copy of
the "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Miscellaneous Changes to
General Industry and Construction Standards; Proposed Paperwork
Collection, Comment Request for Coke Oven Emissions and Inorganic
Arsenic", the first step in the rule-making action being completed
today, which was published in the Federal Register on July 22, 1996 (61
FR 37849).

A list of exhibits and copies of the exhibits are available in the
OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210, (202) 219-7894.

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